Assessment of malnutrition in patients with liver cirrhosis using protein calorie malnutrition (PCM) score verses bio-electrical impedance analysis (BIA)

Table 1 Comparison of PCM measurements in cirrhotic patients overall, with and without malnutrition

Variables	Overall	Malnutrition by PCM score^a		p value
	N = 161	Yes N = 122	No N = 39
	N = 161	Mean [27]	Mean [27]
BMI (kg/m²)	22.01 (6.4)	21.1 (6.5)	25.0 (5.0)	0.002
Midarm circumference (cm)	26.4 (4.1)	25.4 (3.9)	29.1 (3.5)	< 0.001
Triceps skin fold (mm)	27.3 (10.4)	24.7 (9.9)	35.0 (7.7)	< 0.001
Muscle arm circumference (cm)	17.7 (3.24)	17.7 (3.2)	25.0 (0.9)	0.87
24 h Urinary creatinine (mg/dl)	0.80 (0.40)	0.7 (0.35)	1.1 (0.34)	< 0.001
Serum creatinine (mg/dl)	0.9 (0.6)	0.93 (0.53)	1.04 (0.99)	0.53
Serum albumin (g/dl)	3 (0.7)	2.9 (0.7)	3.2 (0.6)	0.004
Absolute lymphocyte count	20.1 (16.5)	17.3 (15.1)	32.3 (17.8)	0.01
Creatinine height index	0.06 (0.02)	0.05 (0.02)	0.08 (0.02)	0.08
PCM score^b	81.14 (14.7)	84.0 (11.9)	112 (8.9)	< 0.001
Severity of malnutrition^c
Mild malnutrition (%)	–	72 (44.7)
Moderate malnutrition (%)	–	34 (21.1)
Severe malnutrition (%)	–	3 (1.9)

^aMalnutrition by PCM score is a score < 100% of PCM score (Blackburn et al.), missing data for 13 participants as they did not returned back with biological specimen
^b \({\text{PCM}}\;{\text{score}}\, = \,{\text{PCM}}\, = \, \frac{{\% \;{\text{TCF}}\; + \;\% \;{\text{MAC}}\; + \; \% \;{\text{MAMC}}\; + \; \% \;{\text{lymphocyte}}\; + \;\% \;{\text{albumin}}\; + \;\% \;{\text{CHI}}}}{6}\)
^cMild (99.9–80%), moderate (60–79.9%) and severe (< 60%) according to the recommendation of Blackburn et al.

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